In my opinion, Poof has been a positive aspect of this show. "Fairly Odd Baby" was a good way to bring the series back, since ending with "Timmy the Barbarian" would have been a complete disgrace. Some of the best episodes have been a result of Poof's birth, "Mission: Responsible" being one of them. I NEVER would have thought any episode since Season 3 could compete with "Apartnership!," but that one does. He has also provided a strong family aspect to the show, improving the Wanda abuse and Cosmo's behavior. I'd also say that Poof's arrival is what caused the FOP movie, and Timmy's future, to end on a satisfying note, so his family gets the happy future they deserve. However, Poof's arrival wasn't good enough to return this show to its glory days. He was simply used as a tool to attract viewer interest, and the changes that occurred after that simply weren't appealing. Fans started leaving again not long after his birth, because for some odd reason, the writers were only able to make a handful of good episodes after that (how they did such a quick 180 is still mind boggling to me). Any improvements were found in trace amounts with wide leaps inbetween, since apparently Seasons 1-3 have little value anymore. But since these changes were so few and far between, viewer interest faded pretty fast. Also, so much focus was placed on the fairies and the same villains that all of the other lovable characters practically became nonexistent, which felt awkard and boring. So while Poof's arrival has been a positive aspect, it has been a small one, and there is still much work to be done. What they SHOULD have done was made one FANTASTIC season after FOB,complete with everything that was great about the first three seasons and an amazing finale.....and then cancelled it. The show could have been redeemed from its past, ended on a well-deserved note, and not risked further drawbacks. At least the Timmy and his family get to have good future together....

The only problem with Poof is the way he was born (Cosmo giving birth to him was one of the most idiotic ideas Hartman and co. ever had, and that's saying quite a lot). Poof, in fact, initially improved FOP. "Mission: Responsible" is easily one of the best episodes of the show. But Poof can only do so much; as long as Cosmo continues to be a major pain in the rear, the show will never recover its former glory.

I think FOPfan is right in that the loss of unique characters has really killed interest in this show.

There are also many points in the serious where they could have made some progression in the plot, but chose not to, this is what many people complain about. Some times these "status quos" are necessary but in FOP's case every episodes acts like every other episode never happened (save for minor references and recurring characters and usually even they aren't consistent)

I started out in the 'I wish Poof never even existed' camp— he's very definition of a Cousin Oliver. Atthis point, though, I can take or leave him. He's kinda cute. Whatever.

It's clear that even with him the writers won't quit rehashing the plots, so frankly, in the end, he amounts to nill. Just another merchandise-able face.

For me, Poof is more closer to Baby Smurf then Cousin Oliver. Baby Smurf added some cuteness to the Smurfs until he was overshawdowed by the coming of the Smurflings and Sasette. Another cute episode to mention was "Bad Heir Day" when Crocker taked care of him and wanted to be his heir.

On the other hand, Cosmo giving him birth, then Anti-Wanda giving birth to Foop....we could ponder what if was the other way around: Wanda giving birth to Poof and Anti-Cosmo giving birth to Foop?

But it has gotten old and might be the reason why Vicky isn't seen much anymore.

I'm actually happy Vicky doesn't appear much on the show anymore, since she is so mean to poor Timmy Turner I do wish characters like Chester, AJ, Elmer, and other characters appeared on the show more though.

And YellowRaven2715 when you said Mr. Crocker is being used in a funny way, didn't you say in season 9 you want to see him die?

But it has gotten old and might be the reason why Vicky isn't seen much anymore.

I'm actually happy Vicky doesn't appear much on the show anymore, since she is so mean to poor Timmy Turner I do wish characters like Chester, AJ, Elmer, and other characters appeared on the show more though.

And YellowRaven2715 when you said Mr. Crocker is being used in a funny way, didn't you say in season 9 you want to see him die?

Well she is the main antagonist and is the reason why Timmy has fairies in the first place.

Besides it took her a whole year before Timmy was miserable enough to have fairygodparents while in "The Switch/Glitch" it Timmy less then a day to make five year old Vicky miserable enough for fairygodparents.